Thanks, Mr. Davies.
I appreciate the opportunity to respond, because you raise a good point. We know that there are Canadians who can't afford their prescription medications. We know there are Canadians who are dying because they can't afford their prescription medications. I'm not really sure what difference it makes if we know the exact number and we can put an exact decimal point on that number. If it's 25% or if it's 25.5%, I don't see what difference that makes.
The reality is those people are out there, and that is simply un-Canadian. Our system is based on the concept that if you need health care, you get health care, and right now if you need prescription drugs, you do not necessarily get prescription drugs. You can have surgery because you need surgery, you can see a specialist because you need a specialist, and you can die because you need insulin. That is not Canadian.